You are able to deposit funds to the inmate’s trust fund account. The Inmate Trust Fund is for saving the inmate’s funds where it can be accessed by the inmate while they are in the prison. However, it does not mean that it is physical control of.
Can anyone deposit money to inmates? No, the ones who can send money to inmates are only people who are on the approved visitor list or Inmate Telephone List.
Depositing Inmate Trust Fund can be done in several options including Monthly Checking Account Debit (ACH), Money Orders or Cashier’s Checks, ACE – (America’s Cash Express), Access Corrections – Secure Deposits, JPay, TouchPay Payment System, and eCommDirect provided by Texas.gov.
It is important for you to note that personal checks and cash are not accepted. If you do it, it will be returned to you.
How about the inmate’s trust fund withdrawal? Withdrawal can only be done by inmates where the inmates can use the funds in their trust fund accounts to make purchases from the facility commissary or through approved vendors. Besides, they are also permitted to send funds to their family members or friends. If there is any balance in the inmate’s Trust Fund account, it will be provided to the inmate when they are released.
The information about the inmate’s account activity or balance is not able to be given to anyone. The information is only given to the inmate. Inmates get the monthly statements where those list all trust fund account transactions for that period.
Does the Inmate Trust Fund pay interest? No, it doesn’t. So, in the account, there should be no more than what is required to fulfill the immediate needs of the inmate.
It is important for you to note that you can only send the deposit to the inmate’s trust fund to the methods that have been mentioned earlier. It means that you are not allowed to send trust fund deposits to the inmate’s facility of assignment and also you are not allowed to send the inmate’s personal mail or other items to the Inmate Trust Fund.
Inmate Trust Fund accounts are monitored so that if there are illegal activities, the violators can be prosecuted.
If you are curious whether the deposit that you sent has been posted to the inmate’s account, you are able to call (936) 438-8990 and you have to give the inmate TDCJ number, inmate’s name, your name, amount of deposit, and the date it was sent. Then, the information will only be verified to you.
That’s all the information that I got about Inmate Trust Fund including about withdrawal. You are able to access the TDCJ site or contact them for further information.
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